My Green Bay Review

Well... one week ago today I woke up bright and early, hopped into my car and drove over to Melissa house. We were meeting a fellow Blockhead Nicole there for our journey across the entire state of Wisconsin. Shortly after I arrived Nicole did and we were off like a prom dress.

As I settled into the backseat my phone started blowing up with Twitters. The buses had arrived in Green Bay that early morning around 7am. People were searching for our boys... and I hoped we weren't too late. We made a few pit stops to grab lunch, bathroom breaks and pick up an additional battery at Best Buy for Nicole. Thankfully we didn't want to spend something like $70... who knows who would have helped us!

We finally made it over the river and thru the woods and arrived at Trisha's house. We were shown to our "Hotel de Monty" room in the basement and had only the excitement of a few little ones. I headed off to get ready for stalking and started texting all my peeps. I pulled out my freshly made new shirt for stalking and the show, token hat and a big block of cheese. Yup... I brought the foam cheesehead with me and had huge dreams for it at the show.

I came down from the bathroom and showed off my new shirt along with my burn. Yeah... well apparently I shouldn't craft by myself... or on the floor. I was wrapping up the very last sleeve on my shirt when bam! The iron that was so nicely sitting on the floor where I was working suddenly tipped over and left me with a burn. Yeah... great. And of course, it's on my Hangin' Tough arm :( The rest of the ladies got ready while I entertained the kiddos and Trisha shushed off her daycare kid to his mom.

Then it was time... we piled into the car again and we were off to Green Bay. Only about 45 minuets away but it seemed like forever. Now mind you... I had hoped for a little drinky drink to be in my system by now. Such is life.

We drove and drove and finally reached the Resch Center. There were a group of Blockheads waiting outside and I knew then that I was ready and wanted to get in the mix! But, I stayed in the car. LOL. We parked next to a decked out NKOTB van at a hotel and figured if they were there we could be too, right? I headed for the back of the car to pop open my wine and filled up two handy NKOTB cups then we were on our way. Mind you... this is the same type of wine I was drinking in 5* in Milwaukee and was happy Kimmy. I was shooting for the same results with a little less talking about Danny's junk.

We found our way past a pervert who lost a boot (HA! why didn't we take a picture?). Finally making our way over to where the Blockheads were. We ran into Shelly and her crew. We chatted a bit and discussed any plans of meeting up later. I decided to see if I knew anyone from the other side of the block. Ends up I did! I didn't take but two feet off the first curb when my name was screamed out... it was Kayleigh and Katie from our 5* Milwaukee picture. Here I wasn't sure if we were going to run into them or not... but as luck had it we did. We chatted up some "supposedly situations" that were evolving in front of our eyes. They commented on the cup and said it must be my NKOTB water. Shooooot... I should bottle it and sell it under that name!

We went to take pictures of the marque since I have forgotten each and every time to take a picture and then decided that we would head to the other end of the bus packed lot. We hung out just chatting up with people. There was a guy with a cheesehead... I had to laugh knowing mine was in the car. We saw a few Jabbawockeez dancers who were the opening act but weren't sure if it actually was them at the time. We also may have seen Danny's Dad and daughters... that's still not totally confirmed in my head but it's been said that they were walking around the buses.

After hanging out there for a bit we ran into Sara. Poor girls car went to pot on her way to the show but she made. We decided to go to The Bar for some dinner and drinks and to meet up with our buyer from craigslist for our original tickets. I dined on wings and wine while most everyone else was hitting up the beer. Delish.


Kim and Alexis made there way into town after their roundabout journey back and forth and zig zag. The stopped in The Bar for some chatting and a well deserved drink or two. Then it was off to the showers for them while we stayed hanging out till show time.

We walked from the bar to the Resch Center with my cup refilled one last time in hand. Yum. I swear we were walking for 20 minuets when all the sudden poof there were the doors. I tossed out the last part of my drink - apparently not every last drop though and threw the doors I went.

I walked up to the will call window and realized that I was pretty damn buzzed. Crap. I have to talk to these people and be coherent. Crap. I apparently pulled it off because I had the tickets in hand and we were ready to find out if there were any track jackets.

All I wanted... a stupid track jacket. Everyone got them last time around... what the heck did I wait for? I didn't want to be one of "those" fans. The one who bought it and never wore it in public. And when I decided that if I got one that actually fit I would wear it and would love it... but the frickin tour was over for that leg and no more track jackets for me. Stupid me. So I thought I'll just get the '09 one. I'll be fine. Well... no go. A.) the didn't have them at the show and B.) they were black and gold. WTF... black and GOLD???? Yes, I know we all have a little Joe Mac in us... but I don't have that much. No thank you.

We managed to purchase more drinks at the concession stand and headed to our seats. We started from the 2nd level, walked all the way down to the floor, and then walked from the back of the arena to the front. Every few steps into a new section saying HOLY COW WE ARE CLOSE. And then there it was.... row 4. Just for us.

Walked in, settled into our section and looked around. No cheeseheads ANYWHERE. What the heck Wisconsin? Where were they at? Did you really leave them at home? Seriously? Well Sara and I had ours and were ready to share them with the guys. I noticed a few of my other Blockhead friends sitting on the main floor as well. It's crazy to think you'll bump into someone at a concert that you know... but I actually bumped into quite a few and am happy to say I'm glad to know them. Hey ladies!

I started to "make friends" with the people around us. The reason being that I was hoping to chuck a two foot piece of foam threw the air to the stage without hitting anyone after I had been sipping on wine. Yeah.... I made friends just in case I hit them in the head! The lady next to me thought it was a brilliant idea and wished that she had one too. So cute.

The show started with the only opening act from America's Best Dance Crew. I wasn't sure if I should record or take pictures and then realized that my camera was doing some god awful pictures. I talked to the girls ahead of time and thankfully they said they would share any pics that they took. I started recording. The act was fun and had some great music. I know my hubby would have really enjoyed them actually.

Then.... the boys. Well I of course don't want to go into too much detail about the show... I'm hoping you all get a chance to see the guys. But what I will tell you is this. It was hot. Seriously hot. The new opening... well... I'm just going to say that I think Single is a better opening number for them to perform, I know I'm not the only one. The guys looked fantastic and we were on the Danny side this time which I of course enjoyed.

Directly in front of us was a speaker on stage that the guys would jump up on and look into the audience. It was a great platform for us to get some great photos. Kayleigh and Katie even made it onto the big screen during Joe's medley.



I did know the new song that was the "cue" to head to the b stage. I knew I was going. I turned to Trisha and asked her. She said she would. Then I found out that Melissa had followed behind us too. We were told we had to go up to the 2nd level - that we couldn't go back to the b stage. Ugh.... they were onto us. Up we went... and down we went a few sections over.

The security guard there wouldn't let us get down to the floor level. I played dumb and said, "But my seats are in 4th row and I'm missing the show". He looked at me and said to trust him that I'd be happier if I stayed right where I was for the time being. I knew that the guys would actually be coming out right next to us but that's not where I wanted to be. I wanted to be NEXT to the b stage. No go.

Back up to 2nd floor we went and back to the first section by our seats since they weren't going to let us next to the b stage. Well it ends up that the first section didn't have steps down to the floor. The security guard wanted us to go all the way back up to 2nd floor just to come down the section over. I told him honestly buddy... I can't do that. And told him the whole story of the whole up down up down up down thing. I wasn't having it. I turned and noticed Trisha was gone.

Melissa and I were there. I talked the security guard into letting us stay right where we were until the guys got back onto the main stage. PERFECT! I knew the guys would be walking right past us. That's when I would pass off the cheesehead! And that's just what happened. I gave Jon a high five as he passed, gave Danny the cheesehead, got a Jordan and Joe on camera and of course a high five from Donnie. Awesome! It could not have been more perfect.



Danny actually wore the cheesehead out onto the stage. Thanks everyone who supplied me photos of it - check out my album on Facebook. Wooot woooo! I only wish I could have seen it from my 4th row seat instead of under the left side ramp. The security guard let us jump down and head to our seats. People congratulated me on getting Danny the cheesehead and we were back to the show.

The cheesehead actually ended up becoming a prop for the show. It was in the Click x 3 pose off on Donnie's head.


And then again towards the very end of the show it was on the guitar guys head and on the keyboard mic stand. It was fantastic. I loved it. And, not to mention the other two cheeseheads that made their way to the stage - Sara's and Terrie's. Way to go girls!


After the show I talked with Kim and Alexis and they suggested that I talk to Chris about getting the cheesehead back. After all I didn't want it going to some random bimbo. He told us that he can't give it to us that Jon actually wanted to keep it. I was totally cool with that... now if that's really what happened with it who knows.



We left and headed out to see if we could catch the buses. We caught them but with no love from the guys. I guess after 6 shows in a row you may be a bit tired... lol. At least we received a twitter from Jon stating that they weren't staying in town and were headed to Canada. There was no use in staying around so we headed back to Trisha's house for the night.

Whew. It was a great time. Danny... you did it for me AGAIN :)